Education, Experience, and Organizational Enhancements Necessary to Develop the Army Acquisition Workforce

Abstract

This research seeks to answer the question of what education, experience requirements, leadership, and organizational enhancements should the Army make to develop the Acquisition workforce? The 2018 United States (U.S.) Army Strategy highlights the urgency of getting the right mix of Acquisition human capital talent to produce the warfighting capabilities. The Army Talent Management Strategy for 2025 describes the need for competent personnel as the overall strategic personnel objectives of enhancing readiness, sustaining a workforce of trusted professionals, and ensuring we have diverse and integrated teams across the enterprise (U.S. Army Talent, 2016, p.4). This study aims to establish whether current and future Army Acquisition community members should shift to a mixed type academic focus, such as Management of Technology (MOT), where there is a combination of hard science with business. The research should assist senior Army leaders in executing the talent management strategy in a manner that effectively facilitates the Army's long-term Strategy and the Army Vision. The paper highlights the challenges senior leaders are facing in assessing the education, experience requirements, leadership, and organizational enhancements necessary for the Acquisition workforce leaders of the future. The retrieval of information focuses primarily on private sector organizations, which are used in a comparative nature against the government- specifically the United States Army. Additionally, the research addresses academic preparation through analysis of information in the areas of technology careers, education attainment, dual/individual career development, promotions, and management trends. After the completion of the analysis in these five areas, there is a presentation of recommendations in Chapter 5 that focus on resolving the Army Acquisition talent management aspect of the broader Army problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2020
Accession Number
AD1106554

Entities

People

  • Wade M. Mccollin

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economics
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Development
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Resource Management
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Naval Personnel Management
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